After breakfast, Mao Haitao took out two bows and ten feather arrows and handed them to Mao Guangjian, Mao Guangjian divided the bows and arrows to Shi Yuning and Liu Zhenxiao, and the two took them over with great interest, and made an appointment to compare archery.

"Old man Mao, let's do it, you go to catch your fish, they go hunting in the woods, I'll go pick up some branches and firewood!"

"It's good!" , Mao Haitao nodded in response.

"Xiaohui, what about you? Do you follow them to hunt or to collect firewood? ”

"It's a cold day, I won't go out!"

Cao Xiaohui pursed her mouth: "I'd better stay here and accompany Mrs. Yu Lala!" ”

"That's a good feeling!"

Yu said with a smile on the side, "I'm worried that there is no one to chat with me!" Go ahead, big men, and remember to bring back two rabbits! ”

"Good, good! Can't forget! Mao Haitao smiled and turned around and went out.

As soon as everyone walked to the backyard, they saw Yu Jianji standing in the middle of the courtyard with a ball of ropes, and the expression on his face seemed to be very depressed.

"Sword Strike, did you catch the bird?" , Mao Haitao asked with a smile.

Yu Jianji walked up to the crowd, threw the rope to the base of the wall, shook his head, and said in his mouth: "It's boring, I'll go upstairs!" After saying that, he entered the house without looking back.

Everyone smiled and strolled out the back door.

The snow had stopped, and the ground was covered with a thin white quilt, shining in the early morning sun.

"Oops!"

Mao Haitao suddenly slapped his forehead: "How did I forget it!" ”

Nie Xiaohu was about to ask a question, but Mao Haitao then said: "You go and do your work first, I'll come when I go, and everyone will meet in the wooden house at noon!" ”

With that, he turned around and went back.

"Let's go, let's go play on the ice for a while!" , Nie Xiaohu was playful and took the lead in rushing to the frozen lake.

After a few people played on the ice for a while, Nie Xiaohu saw Mao Haitao walk out of the back door from a distance and walked straight to the cabin by the lake.

"Okay, Old Man Mao is going to start fishing, and we should go and get busy with us!" , Nie Xiaohu clapped his hands and said.

"Let's go! I'd like to see who is good at archery! Shi Yuning stretched out his hand and took off the bow and arrow that was straddled on his shoulder.

"Compare to compare!" , Liu Zhenxiao also took off his bow and arrows, and the two rushed to the woods on the opposite bank together.

"Hey~~~, you wait for me!" , Mao Guangjian shouted, and followed closely behind the two.

Nie Xiaohu watched the three of them disappear into the woods, and said to Tang Yibin with a smile: "Let's go, let's go collect firewood!" ”

"Good!" , Tang Yibin nodded and said, "I haven't eaten barbecue for a long time, and I really miss the taste of the skewers!" ”

The two of them walked through the ice to the woods on the opposite bank, chatting and picking up dry branches, and there were occasionally two cries of stone condensation not far away, and the two of them were also unimpressed.

Just when the two of them felt that the branches were almost picked up, they walked out of the woods with the branches, and were about to rush to the wooden house when they stepped on the ice, Nie Xiaohu suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong? Let's go! Tang Yibin urged.

"That's not right! Why didn't Mr. Mao fish in the ice cave? Nie Xiaohu said as he looked at the ice cave on the lake.

Tang Yibin looked up, there was indeed no one, not even fishing tackle, Tang Yibin thought about it and said casually: "It may be that the old man has good fishing skills, and he has already fished enough, maybe he is stewing fish in the wooden house!" ”

"There's no smoke coming out of the chimney, something is wrong!"

Nie Xiaohu looked at the chimney on the roof of the cabin and said, instinctively nervous.

"What can it be? I think you're nervous! Tang Yibin glanced at Nie Xiaohu and walked forward holding the branch.

"Tiger head, look!"

At this time, Shi Yuning, Mao Guangjian, and Liu Zhenxiao also popped out of the woods not far away, each carrying wild game such as hares and pheasants in their hands, and they were holding them high and shaking them to show their harvest.

The five of them gathered together and walked towards the cabin with a smile and a smile.

"Uncle! We're back! Before he arrived at the wooden house, Mao Guangjian opened his throat and shouted.

There was no movement in the wooden house, and there was no response from Mao Haitao, Mao Guangjian felt a little puzzled, and shouted twice, but there was still no response.

"Huh?"

Mao Guangjian snorted, frowned and was about to run towards the wooden house, Nie Xiaohu reached out and grabbed him.

"Tiger Head?" , Mao Guangjian turned his head to look at Nie Xiaohu.

"Don't even go near the cabin!"

Nie Xiaohu let out a low snort, everyone was shocked, Tang Yibin threw away the branch in his arms, took off the long sword from his waist, and Shi Yuning and the three of them also threw away the prey in their hands, looking nervous, as if they were facing a great enemy.

Looking from the direction of the five people, the ground around the wooden house was covered with snow, and there were no footprints of any people, Nie Xiaohu went around to the front of the wooden house from a distance, and a line of footprints appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

Looking at the footprints, the door of the wooden house was wide open, and a man could be seen lying on the floor.

"Don't run around!"

Nie Xiaohu raised his hand and cautiously walked to the side of the wooden house, while carefully observing the ground, he walked to the front of the wooden house, and then went around the root of the wall to the main entrance, and entered the house, Shi Yuning and the others also followed him closely.

"Uncle!"

As soon as he entered the house, Mao Guangjian screamed, looked at the person lying on the ground, his fists clenched tightly, as a fast catcher, he naturally did not rush over, but just gritted his teeth and stood there, his eyes were about to bleed.

The deceased was Mao Haitao, lying face down on the floor, with a dagger stuck in his back, the blood did not flow much, and it had coagulated.

Nie Xiaohu carefully surveyed the scene, the furnishings outside were not messy at all, the ground was neat, and there were no traces of a fight; The windows on both sides were closed and bolted from the inside, and there was no sign of prying or destroying; On the table is a one-meter-long bamboo pole, as well as a box of bait and a net; In the kitchen, the wooden box for fishing tackle is open, and the wooden box is empty.

Nie Xiaohu stretched out his hand and pushed open the back door of the inner room, the door opened on the side of the wooden house, there was a fence upside down on the steps of the door, and outside the door was a white snowfield, the snow was neat and flawless, without any footprints.